Follow-up and Review http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/ en Asia and the Pacific SDG Progress Report 2022: Widening disparities amid COVID-19 http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/e-library/asia-and-pacific-sdg-progress-report-2022-widening-disparities-amid-covid-19 <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Asia and the Pacific SDG Progress Report 2022: Widening disparities amid COVID-19 </span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span lang="" about="http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/user/132" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" xml:lang="">cmortelliti</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden">Thu, 07/04/2022</span> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p class="text-align-justify">Throughout Asia and the Pacific, Governments are striving towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the ambitious objectives of reaching the furthest behind first, but the progress is insufficient and has in fact, decelerated. The challenge of achieving the goals has been magnified in recent years by an increase in the frequency and intensity of humanmade crises and natural disasters, as well as the challenges of responding to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. In this context, the Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Goal Progress Report 2022 provides an analysis of progress on 17 SDGs and 169 targets in the region and in each of the five subregions where there are unique challenges, resources and opportunities for progress. The report also provides an analysis of data gaps that prevent the monitoring of progress, and it provides an investigation of sources and priority areas for enhancing SDG data availability.</p> <h3 class="text-align-justify"><a href="https://www.unescap.org/kp/2022/asia-and-pacific-sdg-progress-report-2022">Download</a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-sdgs field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">SDGs</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/SDGs/all-sdgs" hreflang="en">All SDGs</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-thematic-area field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Thematic Area</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/thematic-areas/Follow-up-and-Review" hreflang="en">Follow-up and Review</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/sites/default/files/2022-04/SDG%20Progress%20Report%202022.png" width="241" height="341" alt="Report Cover" typeof="foaf:Image" /></div> <span class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list" data-a2a-url="http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/e-library/asia-and-pacific-sdg-progress-report-2022-widening-disparities-amid-covid-19" data-a2a-title="Asia and the Pacific SDG Progress Report 2022: Widening disparities amid COVID-19 "><a class="a2a_button_facebook"></a><a class="a2a_button_twitter"></a><a class="a2a_button_linkedin"></a></span> Thu, 07 Apr 2022 12:35:54 +0000 cmortelliti 2062 at http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org National SDG Tracker – SDG progress assessment tailored for your country http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/learning-videos/national-sdg-tracker-sdg-progress-assessment-tailored-your-country <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">National SDG Tracker – SDG progress assessment tailored for your country</span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span lang="" about="http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/user/132" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" xml:lang="">cmortelliti</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden">Mon, 23/08/2021</span> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p class="text-align-justify">Is your country on the right track towards achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development? As you well know the Sustainable Development Goals are complex, with 17 goals and 231 indicators. Measuring, reporting and monitoring progress on the SDGs requires time, resources and capacity.</p> <p class="text-align-justify">Wouldn’t it be great if you could track your country's progress towards the SDGs, visualize the results and create your own dashboards in just a few clicks, even if you’re not a data expert? Well you CAN! By using the National SDG Tracker developed by UN ESCAP you can do this complex analysis in no time! It is free and easy to use, taking you one step further towards achieving your country's 2030 ambitions.</p> <p class="text-align-justify">The National SDG Tracker will guide you to build a progress assessment suitable to your own country’s scenario. As a starting point, you can take advantage of the wealth of data already available in the Asia-Pacific SDG Gateway. Then, complement with your own data, and set target values according to YOUR national context. Finally, you can choose to publish the results on the SDG Gateway, or embed them into your own reports or website. You will have full ownership of the results.</p> <p class="text-align-justify">Besides that, the national SDG tracker makes it possible to use disaggregated data to make sure no one is left behind. By following clear and simple steps you can now monitor your country’s progress towards the 2030 goals and targets for everyone, no matter who they are or where they live. Access the tool at data.unescap.org and start tracking the SDGs now.</p> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-organization field--type-text field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Organization</div> <div class="field__item">UNESCAP</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-video-embed field--type-video-embed-field field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Video</div> <div class="field__item"><div class="video-embed-field-provider-youtube video-embed-field-responsive-video"><iframe width="854" height="480" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JNwyYdCRlL0?autoplay=0&start=0&rel=0"></iframe> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-sdgs field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">SDGs</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/SDGs/all-sdgs" hreflang="en">All SDGs</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-thematic-area field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Thematic Area</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/thematic-areas/Follow-up-and-Review" hreflang="en">Follow-up and Review</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/thematic-areas/Means-of-Implementation" hreflang="en">Means of Implementation</a></div> </div> </div> <span class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list" data-a2a-url="http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/learning-videos/national-sdg-tracker-sdg-progress-assessment-tailored-your-country" data-a2a-title="National SDG Tracker – SDG progress assessment tailored for your country"><a class="a2a_button_facebook"></a><a class="a2a_button_twitter"></a><a class="a2a_button_linkedin"></a></span> Mon, 23 Aug 2021 04:51:48 +0000 cmortelliti 2006 at http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org Asia and the Pacific SDG Progress Report 2021 http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/e-library/asia-and-pacific-sdg-progress-report-2021 <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Asia and the Pacific SDG Progress Report 2021</span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span lang="" about="http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/user/132" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" xml:lang="">cmortelliti</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden">Mon, 23/08/2021</span> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p class="text-align-justify">This report analyses progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Asia and the Pacific and its five subregions as well as the availability of data. It assesses gaps which must be closed to achieve the goals by 2030. This assessment is designed to ensure the region’s actions remain on target and shortcomings are addressed as they arise. It is a resource for all stakeholders involved in prioritization, planning, implementation and follow-up of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific.</p> <h3 class="text-align-justify"><strong><u><a href="https://www.unescap.org/kp/2021/asia-and-pacific-sdg-progress-report-2021"><span style="color:#006400;">Download</span></a></u></strong></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-sdgs field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">SDGs</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/SDGs/all-sdgs" hreflang="en">All SDGs</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-thematic-area field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Thematic Area</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/thematic-areas/Follow-up-and-Review" hreflang="en">Follow-up and Review</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/sites/default/files/2021-08/Asia%20and%20the%20Pacific%20SDG%20Progress%20Report%202021.png" width="386" height="547" alt="Report Cover" typeof="foaf:Image" /></div> <span class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list" data-a2a-url="http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/e-library/asia-and-pacific-sdg-progress-report-2021" data-a2a-title="Asia and the Pacific SDG Progress Report 2021"><a class="a2a_button_facebook"></a><a class="a2a_button_twitter"></a><a class="a2a_button_linkedin"></a></span> Mon, 23 Aug 2021 04:11:35 +0000 cmortelliti 2003 at http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2021 http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/e-library/sustainable-development-goals-report-2021 <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2021</span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span lang="" about="http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/user/132" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" xml:lang="">cmortelliti</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden">Thu, 19/08/2021</span> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p class="text-align-justify">The global community is at a critical moment in its pursuit of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). More than a year into the global pandemic, millions of lives have been lost, the human and economic toll has been unprecedented, and recovery efforts so far have been uneven, inequitable and insufficiently geared towards achieving sustainable development. The current crisis is threatening decades of development gains, further delaying the urgent transition to greener, more inclusive economies, and throwing progress on the SDGs even further off track.</p> <p class="text-align-justify">Had the paradigm shift envisioned by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development been fully embraced over the past six years, the world would have been better prepared to face this crisis – with stronger health systems, expanded social protection coverage, the resilience that comes from more equal societies, and a healthier natural environment. Regrettably, the SDGs were already off track even before COVID-19 emerged. Progress had been made in poverty reduction, maternal and child health, access to electricity, and gender equality, but not enough to achieve the Goals by 2030. In other vital areas, including reducing inequality, lowering carbon emissions and tackling hunger, progress had either stalled or reversed.</p> <p class="text-align-justify">As the pandemic continues to unfold, <em>The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2021</em> outlines some significant impacts in many areas that are already apparent. The global extreme poverty rate rose for the first time in over 20 years, and 119 to 124 million people were pushed back into extreme poverty in 2020. There is a risk of a generational catastrophe regarding schooling, where an additional 101 million children have fallen below the minimum reading proficiency level, potentially wiping out two decades of education gains. Women have faced increased domestic violence, child marriage is projected to rise after a decline in recent years, and unpaid and underpaid care work is increasingly and disproportionately falling on the shoulders of women and girls, impacting educational and income opportunities and health. Notwithstanding the global economic slowdown, concentrations of major greenhouse gases continue to increase. With the global average temperature reaching about 1.2°C above pre-industrial levels, the climate crisis has well and truly arrived, and its impacts are being felt across the world. The pandemic has also brought immense financial challenges, especially for developing countries – with a significant rise in debt distress and dramatic decreases in foreign direct investment and trade.</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-sdgs field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">SDGs</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/SDGs/all-sdgs" hreflang="en">All SDGs</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-thematic-area field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Thematic Area</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/thematic-areas/Follow-up-and-Review" hreflang="en">Follow-up and Review</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-publications field--type-file field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Publications</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <span class="file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf"> <a href="http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/sites/default/files/2021-08/The-Sustainable-Development-Goals-Report-2021.pdf" type="application/pdf">The-Sustainable-Development-Goals-Report-2021.pdf</a></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/sites/default/files/2021-08/SDGs%20Report%202021_0.png" width="429" height="574" alt="Report Cover" typeof="foaf:Image" /></div> <span class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list" data-a2a-url="http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/e-library/sustainable-development-goals-report-2021" data-a2a-title="The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2021"><a class="a2a_button_facebook"></a><a class="a2a_button_twitter"></a><a class="a2a_button_linkedin"></a></span> Thu, 19 Aug 2021 06:46:19 +0000 cmortelliti 2001 at http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org ESCAP Methodology for SDG Progress Assessment http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/learning-videos/escap-methodology-sdg-progress-assessment <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">ESCAP Methodology for SDG Progress Assessment</span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span lang="" about="http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/user/132" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" xml:lang="">cmortelliti</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden">Tue, 22/06/2021</span> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>ESCAP Methodology for SDG Progress Assessment</p> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-organization field--type-text field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Organization</div> <div class="field__item">UNESCAP</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-video-embed field--type-video-embed-field field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Video</div> <div class="field__item"><div class="video-embed-field-provider-youtube video-embed-field-responsive-video"><iframe width="854" height="480" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hKETAjCyESI?autoplay=0&start=0&rel=0"></iframe> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-link field--type-link field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Link</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzJIbXiFO8-1WzKIqDflbiw">See more videos from UNESCAP</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-sdgs field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">SDGs</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/SDGs/all-sdgs" hreflang="en">All SDGs</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-thematic-area field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Thematic Area</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/thematic-areas/Follow-up-and-Review" hreflang="en">Follow-up and Review</a></div> </div> </div> <span class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list" data-a2a-url="http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/learning-videos/escap-methodology-sdg-progress-assessment" data-a2a-title="ESCAP Methodology for SDG Progress Assessment"><a class="a2a_button_facebook"></a><a class="a2a_button_twitter"></a><a class="a2a_button_linkedin"></a></span> Tue, 22 Jun 2021 05:33:31 +0000 cmortelliti 1956 at http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org Sustainable Development Report 2020: The Sustainable Development Goals and Covid-19 http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/e-library/sustainable-development-report-2020-sustainable-development-goals-and-covid-19 <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Sustainable Development Report 2020: The Sustainable Development Goals and Covid-19</span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span lang="" about="http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/user/132" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" xml:lang="">cmortelliti</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden">Sun, 25/04/2021</span> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p class="text-align-justify">Covid‑19 will have severe negative impacts on most SDGs. The world is facing the worst public health and economic crisis in a century. As of June 20th, 2020, around 463,000 people had died from Covid-19 across the world. The health crisis is affecting all countries, including high-income countries in Europe and North America. The necessary measures taken to respond to the immediate threat of Covid-19, including the shutdown of many economic activities for weeks, have led to a global economic crisis with massive job losses and major impacts especially on vulnerable groups. This is a significant setback for the world’s ambition to achieve the SDGs, in particular for poor countries and population groups. The only bright spot in this foreboding picture is the reduction in environmental impacts resulting from declines in economic activity: a key objective will be to restore economic activity without simply restoring old patterns of environmental degradation. However, all long-term consequences of the pandemic remain highly uncertain at this point.</p> <p class="text-align-justify">All countries need to strengthen the resilience of their health systems and prevention programs. Some countries have outperformed others in containing the pandemic, yet all remain at serious risk. No country has attained so-called herd immunity; all remain highly vulnerable to new outbreaks. In line with SDG 3 (Good Health and WellBeing), all countries need to “Strengthen the capacity for early warning, risk reduction and management of national and global health risks.” The Covid-19 pandemic has shed considerable light on the vulnerability of health systems, notably in high-income countries that were thought best prepared to face epidemics. Besides greater investments, this crisis shows that better measures and reporting are needed to track prevention programs, healthcare system preparedness, and resilience to pandemics.</p> <p class="text-align-justify">The SDGs and the Six SDG Transformations can inform the recovery from Covid‑19. As the international community, regional organizations, and countries plan the postCovid-19 recovery, it will be important to put the SDGs at the heart of policymaking. Covid-19 does not resolve the climate and biodiversity crises, and it is gravely amplifying income inequalities and other forms of inequality. It has also shown us that countries will only be able to protect themselves from global pandemics if health systems are strengthened in every country. The SDR2020 shows that significant progress has been achieved in many regions and on many goals over the past five years. Here we describe how the SDGs and the six SDG Transformations (Sachs et al., 2019a) can guide the immediate post-crisis recovery and frame long-term strategies towards more resilient and sustainable societies.</p> <p class="text-align-justify">Asian countries have made the most progress towards the SDGs since the adoption of the goals in 2015. Asian countries have also responded most effectively to the Covid‑19 outbreak. While the world as a whole has made progress on the SDGs, countries in East and South Asia in particular have progressed the most in terms of their SDG Index score. Countries in this region have also managed the Covid-19 outbreak more effectively than in other parts of the world. While the situation is still evolving, the shift of the geopolitical and economic global center of gravity from the North Atlantic region to the Asia-Pacific region is likely to be accelerated by the crisis.</p> <h3 class="text-align-justify"><strong><a href="https://sdgindex.org/reports/sustainable-development-report-2020/"><span style="color:#006400;">Download</span></a></strong></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-sdgs field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">SDGs</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/SDGs/all-sdgs" hreflang="en">All SDGs</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-thematic-area field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Thematic Area</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/thematic-areas/Follow-up-and-Review" hreflang="en">Follow-up and Review</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/SD%20Report%202020.png" width="312" height="442" alt="Report Cover" typeof="foaf:Image" /></div> <span class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list" data-a2a-url="http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/e-library/sustainable-development-report-2020-sustainable-development-goals-and-covid-19" data-a2a-title="Sustainable Development Report 2020: The Sustainable Development Goals and Covid-19"><a class="a2a_button_facebook"></a><a class="a2a_button_twitter"></a><a class="a2a_button_linkedin"></a></span> Sat, 24 Apr 2021 20:49:16 +0000 cmortelliti 1920 at http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org Inclusive Subregional Cooperation in East and North-East Asia for Sustainable Development http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/e-library/inclusive-subregional-cooperation-east-and-north-east-asia-sustainable-development <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Inclusive Subregional Cooperation in East and North-East Asia for Sustainable Development</span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span lang="" about="http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/user/132" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" xml:lang="">cmortelliti</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden">Mon, 22/02/2021</span> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p class="text-align-justify">This report highlights the current state of subregional cooperation and key agenda that will help accelerate the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in East and North-East Asia. Despite the subregion’s economic dynamism, and many countries in the subregion leading the world in frontier technologies, the subregion has been lagging in making progress on many of the Sustainable Development Goals. Common challenges in the subregion exist in all dimensions of sustainable development including air and marine pollution, increased exposure to natural disasters in connection to climate change, rapid population ageing, and growing inequality, just to name some of the most pressing issues.</p> <p class="text-align-justify">In addressing these common challenges, the subregion has an urgent need to develop joint strategies and actions. Unlike other subregions in Asia and the Pacific, the East and North-East Asia subregion has not been able to capitalize on institutionalized regional cooperation mechanisms for multiple reasons. As such, functional and mainly bilateral cooperation in specific areas have been established in place of a multilateral entity covering multi-sectoral issues. While sectoral cooperation mechanisms have been effective in solving technical issues in a particular field, the complex and intertwined nature of today’s challenges require the subregion to rethink traditional cooperation mechanisms.</p> <p class="text-align-justify">At this time, when countries in the subregion are experiencing unprecedented socio-economic challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic, there is concern that countries will retreat to inward-looking strategies and protectionism in line with border closures and disruptions in regional supply chains.</p> <p class="text-align-justify">This report explores opportunities to tackle some of the hurdles impeding subregional cooperation by targeting low-hanging fruits and utilizing existing structures to promote broader, deeper and stronger subregional cooperation.<br />  </p> <h3 class="text-align-justify"><u><a href="https://www.unescap.org/publications/inclusive-subregional-cooperation-east-and-north-east-asia-sustainable-development"><span style="color:#006400;">Download</span></a></u></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-sdgs field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">SDGs</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/SDGs/all-sdgs" hreflang="en">All SDGs</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-thematic-area field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Thematic Area</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/thematic-areas/Follow-up-and-Review" hreflang="en">Follow-up and Review</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/sites/default/files/2021-02/Inclusive%20Subregional%20Cooperation.png" width="388" height="500" alt="Report Cover" typeof="foaf:Image" /></div> <span class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list" data-a2a-url="http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/e-library/inclusive-subregional-cooperation-east-and-north-east-asia-sustainable-development" data-a2a-title="Inclusive Subregional Cooperation in East and North-East Asia for Sustainable Development"><a class="a2a_button_facebook"></a><a class="a2a_button_twitter"></a><a class="a2a_button_linkedin"></a></span> Mon, 22 Feb 2021 15:19:46 +0000 cmortelliti 1880 at http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2020 http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/e-library/sustainable-development-goals-report-2020 <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2020</span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span lang="" about="http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/user/132" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" xml:lang="">cmortelliti</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden">Sat, 16/01/2021</span> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p class="text-align-justify">This year marks the start of the Decade of Action to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. It is a critical period to advance a shared vision and accelerate responses to the world’s gravest challenges – from eliminating poverty and hunger to reversing climate change. Yet, in only a brief period of time, the precipitous spread of the novel coronavirus turned a public health emergency into one of the worst international crises of our lifetimes, changing the world as we know it. The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2020 presents an overview of progress towards the SDGs before the pandemic started, but it also looks at some of the devastating initial impacts of COVID-19 on specific Goals and targets. The report was prepared by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs in collaboration with over 200 experts from more than 40 international agencies using the latest available data and estimates.</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-sdgs field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">SDGs</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/SDGs/all-sdgs" hreflang="en">All SDGs</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/SDGs/sdg17-partnerships-goals" hreflang="en">SDG17 Partnerships for the Goals</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-thematic-area field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Thematic Area</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/thematic-areas/Follow-up-and-Review" hreflang="en">Follow-up and Review</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-publications field--type-file field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Publications</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <span class="file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf"> <a href="http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/sites/default/files/2021-01/The-Sustainable-Development-Goals-Report-2020.pdf" type="application/pdf">The-Sustainable-Development-Goals-Report-2020.pdf</a></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/sites/default/files/2021-01/SDG%20Report%202020.png" width="430" height="575" alt="Report Cover" typeof="foaf:Image" /></div> <span class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list" data-a2a-url="http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/e-library/sustainable-development-goals-report-2020" data-a2a-title="The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2020"><a class="a2a_button_facebook"></a><a class="a2a_button_twitter"></a><a class="a2a_button_linkedin"></a></span> Fri, 15 Jan 2021 19:44:36 +0000 cmortelliti 1841 at http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org 2020 Voluntary National Reviews – a snapshot of trends in SDG reporting http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/e-library/2020-voluntary-national-reviews-snapshot-trends-sdg-reporting <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">2020 Voluntary National Reviews – a snapshot of trends in SDG reporting</span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span lang="" about="http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/user/132" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" xml:lang="">cmortelliti</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden">Fri, 04/12/2020</span> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p class="text-align-justify">The Partners for Review (P4R) comparative analysis of the 2020 Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) identifies similarities, differences, progress and emerging trends in reviews the UN Member States submitted to the 2020 High-level Political Forum for Sustainable Development (HLPF), convened under the theme ‘Accelerated action and transformative pathways: realizing the decade of action and delivery for sustainable development’. This year, 47 countries submitted a VNR report, 20 for the second time and one country for the third time. As the 2020 review processes were interrupted by the COVID-19 outbreak, the analysis was expanded to include a chapter on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, in addition to the usual analyses of national Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) institutional structures; SDG mainstreaming and policy coherence; stakeholder engagement; statistics and data and a section on repeated VNR reporting.</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-sdgs field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">SDGs</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/SDGs/all-sdgs" hreflang="en">All SDGs</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/SDGs/sdg17-partnerships-goals" hreflang="en">SDG17 Partnerships for the Goals</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-thematic-area field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Thematic Area</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/thematic-areas/Follow-up-and-Review" hreflang="en">Follow-up and Review</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/thematic-areas/SDG-coordination-mechanism" hreflang="en">SDG Coordination Mechanism</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-publications field--type-file field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Publications</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <span class="file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf"> <a href="http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/sites/default/files/2020-12/P4R-2020-VNR-Analysis_FINAL-Nov.-2020.pdf" type="application/pdf">P4R-2020-VNR-Analysis_FINAL-Nov.-2020.pdf</a></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/sites/default/files/2020-12/2020%20VNR%20Analysis.png" width="395" height="541" alt="Report Cover" typeof="foaf:Image" /></div> <span class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list" data-a2a-url="http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/e-library/2020-voluntary-national-reviews-snapshot-trends-sdg-reporting" data-a2a-title="2020 Voluntary National Reviews – a snapshot of trends in SDG reporting"><a class="a2a_button_facebook"></a><a class="a2a_button_twitter"></a><a class="a2a_button_linkedin"></a></span> Thu, 03 Dec 2020 22:01:04 +0000 cmortelliti 1818 at http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org Asia-Pacific Regional Guidelines on Voluntary Local Reviews http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/e-library/asia-pacific-regional-guidelines-voluntary-local-reviews <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Asia-Pacific Regional Guidelines on Voluntary Local Reviews</span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span lang="" about="http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/user/132" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" xml:lang="">cmortelliti</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden">Fri, 30/10/2020</span> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p class="text-align-justify" style="margin-bottom: 11px;">As part of its follow-up and review mechanisms, the 2030 Agenda encourages member States to "conduct regular and inclusive reviews of progress at the national and subnational levels, which are country-led and country-driven". As part of this review, starting in 2016, countries have presented their Voluntary National Reviews to the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development. Inspired by the VNRs, local and regional governments are increasingly engaging in their own subnational reviews – the Voluntary Local Reviews (VLRs), which have proven useful for cities and regions to foster SDG localization and demonstrate local governments’ capacity and commitments.</p> <p class="text-align-justify">Although gaining in momentum, the VLR process does not have any official status as part of the formal follow-up and review processes hosted by the UN. There exists no specific template or official format that cities can follow if they choose to undertake a VLR. Developed in partnership with the Penang Platform for Sustainable Urbanization, the Asia-Pacific Regional Guidelines on Voluntary Local Reviews builds on existing resources and provides practical tools, checklists, and templates that local governments and other stakeholders can use when reviewing local progress against the SDGs. The content is designed to provide cities with context regarding the 2030 Agenda as well as guidance specific to the region to help them decide where to start, how to start and what to keep in mind when conducting a VLR.</p> <h3 class="text-align-justify"><strong><a href="https://www.unescap.org/resources/asia-pacific-regional-guidelines-voluntary-local-reviews"><span style="color:#006400;">Download</span></a></strong></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-sdgs field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">SDGs</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/SDGs/all-sdgs" hreflang="en">All SDGs</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/SDGs/sdg17-partnerships-goals" hreflang="en">SDG17 Partnerships for the Goals</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-thematic-area field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Thematic Area</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/thematic-areas/Follow-up-and-Review" hreflang="en">Follow-up and Review</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/thematic-areas/Sustainable-Urbanization" hreflang="en">Sustainable Urbanization</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/sites/default/files/2020-10/Asia-Pacific%20Regional%20Guidelines%20on%20Voluntary%20Local%20Reviews.png" width="524" height="746" alt="Report Cover" typeof="foaf:Image" /></div> <span class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list" data-a2a-url="http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org/e-library/asia-pacific-regional-guidelines-voluntary-local-reviews" data-a2a-title="Asia-Pacific Regional Guidelines on Voluntary Local Reviews"><a class="a2a_button_facebook"></a><a class="a2a_button_twitter"></a><a class="a2a_button_linkedin"></a></span> Thu, 29 Oct 2020 23:49:36 +0000 cmortelliti 1795 at http://sdghelpdesk.unescap.org